Out-of-bounds Read Affecting rubygem-ffi package, versions <0:1.9.25-4.el7_5


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Not Defined
EPSS
0.26% (66th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-RUBYGEMFFI-5254545
  • published1 Nov 2021
  • disclosed20 Sept 2018

Introduced: 20 Sep 2018

CVE-2018-14645  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 rubygem-ffi to version 0:1.9.25-4.el7_5 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHBA-2019:0028.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream rubygem-ffi package and not the rubygem-ffi package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

A flaw was discovered in the HPACK decoder of HAProxy, before 1.8.14, that is used for HTTP/2. An out-of-bounds read access in hpack_valid_idx() resulted in a remote crash and denial of service.